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Pillar of the Community
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those look just like the dime and nickel I tried as well...had to have set. I did this because I like the rainbow toning in coins. I believe all ASEs that have a rainbow toning are ATs. Am I right? I used to work in foundry with silver and bronze statues...a lot of rainbow toned coins I see for sale on ebay and elsewhere look just like coins we used to heat up in the metal pouring room there. Wanted to show you...so some can be aware of this when buying. P.s. the "experiment" for me was to see if I could and how long it took to rainbow a coin on a wood stove. So Beware ANYONE with a decent source of direct heat ie hand held torch, woodstoves or even a good oven can do this and sell them on as "natural toning" for a premium. Edited by MontCollector
02/02/2016 7:28 pm
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Moderator
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Nice work, GR58!  |
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Artificial toners are to naturally toned coins what Chinese (or other) counterfeiters are to genuine coins.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nice work, GR58 Thanks Jbuck. I wish I could capture the color the clad proof has in hand. When you see the colors these coins have, after heating them up, and you see others that might be trying to sell similar coins, I think I most would automatically suspect them as AT. At least I would hope they would. Even thought they are AT ... I like the colors so much, I can see myself doing a complete set of Ike's someday. Of course, just for educational purposes only. |
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Of course, just for educational purposes only.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Yeah, I would never do that to a coin, unless I wanted to.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Very cool (or hot?). So which side was on the heat... the colored side?
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Pillar of the Community
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"so which side was on the heat... the colored side?"
I flipped coin but was mostly sitting with reverse side down.
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Bedrock of the Community
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For me, The Ike was head side up, used a propane torch.
The coin was sitting on stainless steel, the reverse
is solid blue/purple.
If I had to guess the OP's coin was tail side up, but
sitting on a hot stove .. but just my guess.
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Bedrock of the Community
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the reverse is solid blue/purple. photo? edit: I see the obverse earlier in this thread, just don't see the reverse. Edited by CelticKnot
02/05/2016 12:36 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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I have trouble getting color to show in pictures.
I will try again tomorrow afternoon.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Still had trouble getting picture of the color. This is clad proof coin ... Imagine the mirrored fields under the color  |
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Pillar of the Community
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very nice... LOVE how the details really stand out.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Awesome, GR58! I see the blues and purples clearly.
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Looks nice from here.  |
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